So Suzy Sessions Mother's Day Blog Hop

Friday, April 21, 2017

Hello crafty friends, I'm so excited you are here today! I am part of a group of 6 talented ladies and organized this blog hop in honor of Mother's Day. We were all in a So Suzy Sessions class together. We are so excited to have the teacher herself, Suzanne Moore as part of this celebration. We are bringing you a collection of gorgeous Mother's Day Cards.

Even better - there is a very nice prize package to be won. These are sponsored individually as well as donations from well known and loved stamp companies. One lucky randomly chosen winner will be winning the following: TOTAL PRIZE PACKAGE: $ 200+ for all of the following

To be entered into the drawing to WIN, you meet all the following criteria:
- Visit every person's blog and leave a comment by 9 pm Central on 4/28/2017. Comments posted after 4/28/2017 at 9 pm Central will not be counted for the drawing. There will be one winner of the entire package drawn at random.

Prize
winner will be announced on 5/1/17 on my blog.

Now on to the card I created for this hop!!!!

This card was created using the following techniques. I will divide it up by each element in the
card.

Heidi Swapp stencil used with Iced Spruce Distress Oxide ink. I inked up some of the words at the bottom right, then flipped the stencil 90 degrees to stencil the word "understanding" at the left hand side

Square layer:

die cut with MFT Die-namics 3.5” square stitched die

embossed with Paisley patterned Spellbinders folder

lightly inked the raised areas with Iced Spruce Distress
Oxide ink

Flower picture in a polaroid style frame -

Construction and steps: top to bottom

Frame: cut frame from
white cardstock to 4” x 3.5” and die cut a square from the center towards the
top, leaving a ¾” border at the bottom.

Flower panel:
stamped 3 flowers from Winnie & Walter’s Addie’s
Garden stamp set (Daffodil 1st, zinnia 2nd and Daisy 3rd). I stamped in 3 steps since I needed to mask
the flowers as I stamped and then heat embossed. I created masks of each flower before
starting this step using Inkadinkadoo masking paper.

Stamped the Daffodil in Versamark,

Heat embossed with a 50/50 mixture of gold and pink
embossing powder (I was trying to get a rose gold look – it still looked gold
to me)

Put a mask over the Daffodil then stamped the next flower
(Zinnia), then heat embossed. Repeated
process for Daisy after masking the Zinnia.
Did the same for the two sets of leaves (all flowers were masked before
stamping the leaves)

After this I colored the flowers, leaves and background area
with Spectrum Noir Illustrator markers except where noted. (see colors below per flower/area)

Daffodil (CT1, CT2, GB5) – I made a second Daffodil and fussy cut to add to the frame

Zinnia (FS1, PP5, R14 – the R14 is a Copic marker)

Daisy (LV1, PL2, HB2)

Leaves (LG2, DG2)

Background around the flowers (IB7, TB1)

Next, I glued the frame on top of flower panel, then coated the
entire piece with a product called Galaxy Glue to give the shiny finish you
typically see on a polaroid picture. You
could get a similar result from Mod Podge glossy finish or even glossy
accents. I found that Glossy Accents
tends to run off a surface like this easily unless applied very thinly. The Galaxy glue has a brush applicator, which
made it the most convenient choice for me.

I allowed this panel to dry overnight. In the meantime, I worked on the
sentiment. I used Cricut Design Space to
create the word “Mom” using the “Elegant Cakes” font. I used a shimmery copper cardstock and cut
out the word 3 times, then glued them stacked on top of each other. I sized the word at about 2.5” wide.

If you have a word die, that is an easier way to do
something similar – I use my Cricut quite a bit for creating die cut words like
this. The beauty of paper crafting is there
are often several ways to accomplish the same look.

To finish off the sentiment, I also used my Cricut’s writing
feature to add the “hope your day is picture perfect” to fit in with the
theme. I used a copper colored marker.

Finishing Touches:

After adhering the flower picture panel on top of the
embossed square with Foam adhesive tape, I added Nuvo Ivory Seashell crystal drops in random spots
around the frames. I used two Fiskars small flower
punches to punch out tiny flowers in both the copper and the green & white
patterned paper, then added Nuvo drop centers to add to the top left and bottom
right corner of the picture frame.

Before attaching the second Daffodil with foam adhesive
tape, I coiled a small length of copper metallic thread and attached to the
tape before pressing it down at the bottom left corner of the picture frame.

The end result is a multi-layered card that I think would
please many moms.

After leaving your comment below to be part of our prize
drawing, please visit the talented Mary Kay's blog to see the
next fabulous card in the hop.You must
comment on everyone’s blog to be considered for a random drawing for the
prize package. Good luck!!!

Beautiful card! Love how you used a stencil to get just the right words in the background. Great try on getting rose gold embossing powder. I love your coloring ont he flowers. I thought it was watercolored until I read your description!! Thanks again for organizing this hop!!

I love Winnie & Walter and I love spring and summer flowers so your card is just perfect in so many ways. I love all the layers and I see that you have lots of patience for creating a card with materials that have to dry and multiple steps in masking and embossing. Amazing card!

Gorgeous! I love the use of the stencil to add the descriptive phrases for mom - such a neat way to personalize the card even more. The polaroid frame is lovely and so vibrant! Thank you for your detailed step by step breakdown of how you achieved this beauty! I'm a new follower of your blog as I love blogs that explain the creation process.

Christy - you have truly made my day with your thoughts. I appreciate you letting me know that the details matter to you. I just followed your blog as well - looks like you do some beautiful work yourself!! Have a great weekend!

WOW! Where to begin in praising your gorgeous card, as your pairing of all elements is absolutely amazing! The polaroid frame, the pretty flowers, the sentiments: so striking! And oh, how I adore the added touch of the background stenciling! Iced Spruce Distress Oxide...oh my! I think I've found a new favourite colour! Thank you for the how-to details and I agree 100%: this card and its beautiful accompanying envelope would bring mega-watt smiles to any mom receiving it! ~carol

I realized that I did not hit reply so my response did not show up correctly - let me start over

Carol - thank you so much for your very sweet comments! It brings me so much happiness to be on the receiving side for your praise. I wish you the best of luck in our drawing and so glad you stopped by!!

Carol - thank you so much for your very sweet comments! It brings me so much happiness to be on the receiving side for your praise. I wish you the best of luck in our drawing and so glad you stopped by!!

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About Me

Hi - I'm Teresa, an avid card maker living in Arlington, TX with my husband, daughter, two dogs (Maltese & Mini Dachshund), and a couple of other little critters. I have been a crafter for more than 10 years - first I dabbled in scrapbooking (when my kids - 2 sons & 1 daughter) were young. I started my card making in 2015 in earnest after receiving a wonderful gift for my birthday - a Big Shot machine! My style is what I call eclectic/whimsical. I love to make backgrounds for my cards, die-cutting, stenciling, coloring with various mediums, etc. I absolutely ADORE interactive cards and want to focus more time than I have to create new and unique ones! I’m inspired by other crafters, Pinterest mood and color boards, creative challenges, using familiar tool, medium, method in a new way